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How do you put a positive spin on a 5.1 rating/8 share and an average of 7.6 million viewers? By emphasizing that no matter how mediocre those numbers look, they're way, way better than anything you had going last year on Thursday nights at 8 p.m. ET.
Despite being critically savaged, "Threat Matrix" boosted ABC by 29 percent in both viewers and adults 18-49 over last year's average for the house. The show's 18-49 rating of 2.1 was actually good enough to top the numbers for FOX's "Temptation Island." The premiere was higher rated than either "Monk" or "Dinotopia" when they premiered in the same time slot last season.

Plus, it stands to reason that several of those electricity-free Isabel sufferers probably would have tuned into "Threat Matrix" as well. However, it remains to be seen how well the drama will stand up against new episodes of "Friends" once they begin next week.


Chris

Which one is better than the other is a controversial matter. 1080i has more lines of resolution, but it's interlaced.

In practice, they are both pretty comparable to one another. 1080i usually looks better than 720p on 1080i-native displays, but 720p usually looks better than 1080i on 720p-native displays.

Really, they're both good so there's no use complaining about either one.

As someone who never has watched Friends or Survivor...

:up: I liked this show a lot.

I didn't think it was too bad. There was enough going on to stretch it out into a two-hour premiere, imo. I'll tune in again, at least for awhile.

Seems like they're going to have a lot of one-sided plots on this show. Are they going to show another sleeper-cell AlQaeda attack next week too? They should have had the guts in this pilot to show the terrorist actually succeed (like they do on MI-5 from time to time). That way, when the terrorist does actually get his come-uppance, it's more entertaining.

The deaf girl was cute.

Threat Matrix is no MI-5, IMO. It's ok but I'm not going out of my way to watch it, especially if some other new shows this fall are more interesting. When it's on doesn't matter to me because of my 2 DTivos, but I agree this thing's dead quick in that timeslot.

Guys,

I never saw the guy get blown up in the back of a truck or anything. The opening shot of "TM" for me was the guys playing video games and bees coming into the compound...I guess I missed something?

At the end, they grab the terrorist, break his hand and I thought his neck. They bring him outside the building, where the bomb squad vehicle that is suppose to contain the bomb explosion is. He comes to and one of the guys socks him, cause time is running out. They throw him into the vehicle and run away as fast as they can. The guy/bomb explodes and the, probably 5 ton truck, hops into the air a couple of feet off the ground and falls back down. It was actually quite funny and I had a good laugh. They then went back to the truck and took a quick look inside the truck and you knew it was over.

I liked the show. Maybe I have a simple mind, not to notice all of the inconsistencies in the writing, but it was entertaining.

Chris

I'll try it again tonight. Here's teh summary from tV guide:

MI-5 is much better than Threat Matrix and 24, but the best part of MI-5 is how it gets more and more compelling as you get to know the characters. Threat Matrix might deliver that, but none of the characters really made much of an impression on me (and the Agency never went that route either).

But hey, it's better than Whoopi!

I'll just stick with MI-5 (and Alias) for my spytertainment shows, thanks.